Ohio man gets great footage of helicopter crash, helps save victims

Media scramble to interview area man

11:12 AM,
Sep. 9, 2013

Jeron Detty

Written by

Jona Ison
Gazette Staff Writer

Jeron Detty was expecting first-person footage of an August helicopter crash in New Mexico to be popular on YouTube, but he never expected national media outlets to be tracking him down.

Detty, producer for Chillicothe-based Detty Outdoors, has spoken with several media outlets in the past week, including "Good Morning America" and The Blaze. Everyone is interested in hearing about the crash and how he stayed calm while freeing the pilot and the other two passengers from the wreckage.

"Most of it, I think, is my personality. I don't get overly excited," Detty said. ...